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Teen Wolf’s Tyler Posey Set To Play Gay In Now Apocalypse

June 18, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Now that Teen Wolf has come to an end (and his movie career wasn’t exactly helped by the recent horror Truth or Dare), Tyler Posey has decided to head for the apocalypse. After playing recurring characters in Jane The Virgin and Scream: The Series, he’s getting a boyfriend in the upcoming TV series, Now Apocalypse.

Variety reports that the Steven Soderbergh produced show is ‘a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?

‘Posey will appear as Gabriel, described as an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy that Ulysses matches with on a dating app. During their highly-anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves.’

Ulysses will be played by Avan Jogia, best known from Nickelodeon’s Victorious and for playing the title character in a mini-series about King Tut. It’s perhaps not too surprise that the show will have a queer lead character, as it was created by Gregg Araki, the filmmaker behind the likes of the LGBT-themed movies Mysterious Skin, Kaboom, and The Living End. The US TV network Starz has ordered a 10-episode first Season of the show, which is due to air later this year.

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ACTORS: Tyler Posey, Avan Jogia DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki, Steven Soderbergh

White Bird In A Blizzard Trailer – Gregg Araki directs Shailene Woodley in a new drama

August 22, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Thanks to Divergent and Fault In Our Stars, Shailene Woodley’s star has risen massively in the last few months. Now we get to take a look at another of her upcoming film, Gregg Araki’s White Bird In A Blizzard.

The film is based on Laura Kasischke’s 1999 novel about a young woman who loses control of her life when her mother disappears. Woodley plays the main role, with the likes of Eva Green (as the mother), Angela Bassett, Shiloh Fernandez, Christopher Meloni and Gabourey Sidibe co-starring.

Gregg Araki was at the forefront of the Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s, and indeed all his movies since then have had an LGBT tint. However things will be less overtly gay with his latest movie.

The movie debuted at Sundance to pretty good notices, and will his US cinemas next month. There’s no UK date set yet though. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki FILMS: White Bird

White Bird in a Blizzard Trailer – Shailene Woodley stars in Gregg Araki’s latest

December 14, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Gregg Araki was at the forefront of the Queer Cinema movement on the 1990s, and indeed all his movies since then have had an LGBT tint. However things will be less overtly gay with his latest, White Bird in a Blizzard, which is due to premiere at Sundance. Ahead of that though we’ve got our first look at the movie with a trailer.

Based on Laura Kasischke’s 1999 novel, the film a young woman who loses control of her life when her mother disappears. Shailene Woodley plays the main role, with the likes of Eva Green (as the mother), Angela Bassett, Shiloh Fernandez, Christopher Meloni and Gabourey Sidibe co-starring.

The movie will screen at Sundance, but there’s no word yet on when it will be released to general audiences. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Angela Bassett, Shiloh Fernandez, Christopher Meloni, Gabourey Sidibe DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki FILMS: White Bird

Nowhere (DVD)

August 27, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson
Director: Gregg Araki
Running Time: 78 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: August 26th 2013

The third part of Gregg Araki’s Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy, following Totally F***ed Up and The Doom Generation, is just as nuts and in your face as the earlier movies. Like many of Araki’s films it’s a strange movie that’s difficult to quantify or fully understand. All of Araki’s early film have the sense of him trying to create a screenplay that’s like a net being wafted through the air attempting to capture the spirit of the time. Nowhere is perhaps the most successful of his films at doing that. [Read more…]

Christopher Meloni Up For Gregg Araki’s White Bird In A Blizzard

November 21, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A few months ago it was revealed that queer filmmaker Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation) was busy putting together a new movie, White Bird, with Shailene Woodley, Eva Green and Shiloh Fernandez set to star. Now it appears the title has changed slightly to White Bird In A Blizzard, with Deadline reporting that Christopher Meloni and Gabourey Sidibe have been added to the cast.

The movie is about a young woman who loses control of her life when her mother disappears. Woodley will be playing the main part, but it’s not clear how the other actors will play into the story.

Meloni has been having some fun since leaving Law & Order: SVU, going vampiric in True Blood as well as joining the cast of superhero movie, Man Of Steel. Now he’s going a little more arty, with Araki’s movie. It’s not clear when White Bird might shoot.

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ACTORS: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Shiloh Fernandez, Christopher Meloni, Gabourey Sidibe DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki FILMS: White Bird

Shiloh Fernandez Joins Gregg Araki’s White Bird

October 17, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Mysterious Skin, Kaboom and The Doom Generation director Gregg Araki is a fascinating filmmaker, even if sometimes he’s had difficulty reigning in his tendency towards the random and bizarre. He’s currently putting together a new film called White Bird, which already has The Descendants’ Shailene Woodley and Eva Green set to star.

Now they’ve got some male company, as Red Riding Hood’s Shiloh Fernandez has signed up to appear in the movie, according to Deadline. The movie is about a young woman who loses control of her life when her mother disappears. Woodley will be playing the main part, but it’s not clear how Fernandez will play into the story. While Araki’s movies have generally had a very queer sensibility, it isn’t known whether this one will too.

Fernandez will next be seen in the remake of The Evil Dead. It isn’t clear when White Bird might shoot.

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ACTORS: Shiloh Fernandez, Shailene Woodley DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki FILMS: White Bird

Shailene Woodley Takes The Lead In Gregg Araki’s White Bird

June 29, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Gregg Araki’s movies – which have tended to be of major gay interest – have ranged from the wonderful to the incredibly messy, but they’re never less than interesting. Now he’s plotting a new one, White Bird, and according to Variety he’s cast Descendants star Shailene Woodley in the lead role.

There’s now a vast amount of info on the plot, although Araki’s film will be told through the perspective of Woodley’s character, a ‘troubled young woman whose life is upended following the mysterious disappearance of her mother.’

Araki has a loyal following on the indie and gay cinema circuits with the likes of Kaboom! and The Doom Generation, but only Mysterious Skin has found a wider audience (and even then not a huge one). It’s unclear whether casting Woodley is an attempt to embrace the mainstream, or if the actress is simply interested in going into the director’s weird world.

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ACTORS: Shailene Woodley DIRECTORS: Gregg Araki FILMS: White Bird

Mysterious Skin (2004)

May 31, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg
Director: Gregg Araki
Running Time: 100 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: October 24th, 2005

Gregg Araki made a name for himself with gay-themed, rather anarchic generation-X flicks like The Doom Generation and Nowhere, but 2005’s Mysterious Skin sees him in a more controlled mood. It’s definitely a good thing and it’s probably no coincidence this film is his only novel adaptation, something that helps keep his more random ideas in check.

As a boy, Neil was abused by his little league coach, leaving him rather confused about boundaries and what’s suitable behaviour. Now in his late teens (and grown into the form of Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Neil is defiantly gay and working as a hustler in the small Kansas town he grew up in. However he has dreams of making it in the big city, which will hopefully also allow him to forget what happened to him as a child. [Read more…]

The Doom Generation (DVD)

April 16, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Rose McGowan, James Duval, Johnathan Schaech
Director: Gregg Araki
Running Time: 80 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: March 26th, 2012

The second part of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse trilogy – after Totally F***ed Up and before Nowhere – The Doom Generation holds a special place as one of the few films that truly helps define mid-90s indie cinema. It’s a movie that feeds off Generation X nihilism and the anger of post-punk youth to create a road trip film that feels both meaningful and pointless at the same time.

Amy (Rose McGowan) and her slightly dim boyfriend Jordan (James Duval) are out one night when their paths cross that of drifter Xavier (Johnathan Schaech). While Amy at first wants nothing to do with him, a strange bond develops after Xavier saves her life by literally shooting a gun-toting shop owner’s head off. [Read more…]